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Angas Hughes German dog tags
Three views of German dog tags showing '1069 Kr.Gef.Lager de Lw No.7 for 417845 Hughes' and 'RAAF, CofE'.
Tags: prisoner of war
The evacuation of Stalag Luft 7, Bankau Germany
Describes events after the German authorities announced that prisoners from a number of camps in the east would be moved to other areas of the Reich. Due to lack of transport, prisoners would be required to walk. Describes events at Stalag Luft 7…
Evacuation of Bankau Luft
Describes the journey taken between 18 January 1945 and 8 February 45 after the evacuation of the Bankau Stalag Luft 7 prisoner of war camp by foot and eventually train to Stalag 3A.
A crowd of prisoners of war
A large crowd of prisoners of war wearing a variety of uniforms. On the right a number of men are standing higher than the crowd and one appears to address the mass. In the background trees and behind them a building.
Tags: prisoner of war
English airman's grave
A cross on a grave inscribed 'S. Englische Flieger Namen unbekannt'. In the background other crosses and trees.
Prisoner of war bunks
Three bunks, the bottom one near the floor and with an approximately 50 cm space between each. There is a vertical support a third of the way from the left. The bottom two bunks are covered with a variety of unidentifiable objects. Clothes hang on…
Prisoner of war eating
View is looking down. In the top left and centre is a table covered with bowls, boxes, a jug, mugs and other items. A man sites on the left end a bench at lower left of the table eating from a bowl. The bottom half of another man can been seen…
Football match in prisoner of war camp
In the centre a football pitch with goal at the far end. On the field a number of men in shorts playing football. The pitch is surrounded by spectators. In the background several large huts.
Tags: prisoner of war; sport
Prisoners of war behind wire
In the foreground a barbed wire mesh fence with wooden supports. Behind the wire a large number of men walk in single file in a clockwise circuit. In the background a long building with barred windows and chimneys.
Tags: prisoner of war
Prisoner of war chapel
Interior of a building with windows on the right. In the far right corner a large cross with railings behind. In the centre and left two candelabra stand against the back wall. On the left a lectern. In the centre three support columns running from…
Tags: prisoner of war
Four man carrying a large tub
In the centre four men in line abreast carry a large tub slung on a pole. To the right a tall fence with clothes hanging on it. Telegraph poles with lights are aligned along the fence. To the left three men standing in front of the doorway of a…
Men cooking in prisoner of war camp
In the foreground three men kneel around a small potable stove. The man on the left is stirring food in a square pan. Another man stands to their right. Behind are two rows of tents with other men cooking or standing between the two rows. In the…
Tented prisoner of War camp
On the right a double row of fences with wooden poles and supports wit wire mesh. Telegraph poles with lights to illuminate fence run to its left. To the left of the fence a row of canvas tents with a number of men walking or standing talking between…
Aircrew and ground crew inspected in front of Lancaster PO-M
On the right, six aircrew wearing battledress and side caps stand to attention in line. Behind them five airmen also in battledress and side caps. In the centre in front of the aircrew an air marshal in tunic and peaked cap addresses the aircrew…
Tags: 467 Squadron; aircrew; ground personnel; Lancaster
Lancasters in snow
Three Lancasters parked, rear two in echelon behind and left. In the foreground two ground personnel in leather jerkins in front of the tail of the first aircraft and piled high snow.
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Tags: 463 Squadron; Lancaster; RAF Waddington
Lancaster PG-H in flight
Air-to-air view port front quarter view of a Lancaster. Below are extensive cumulus clouds.
Tags: 619 Squadron; Lancaster
Lancaster in flight
Air-to-air view of a port front quarter of a Lancaster taken from the starboard side of another Lancaster. In the background this clouds above and stratus cloud below.
Tags: Lancaster
Lancasters in daylight
A large number of four engines bombers at varying heights flying towards bottom right with a thin layer of cloud above.
Tags: Lancaster
Gilze Rijen
Oblique aerial photograph of an Gilze Rijen airfield. Runways going from bottom middle to top and left to middle. A large number of bomb explosion visible in the centre of the airfield with one string of bombs offset to the left running bottom to…
F/Bomb Depot at St. Leu d'Esserent
Low level oblique aerial photograph of a narrow road leading from the bottom left up a valley to the centre where it meets the square entrance to a tunnel in a hillside. To the left of the valley and above the entrance are trees.
Refuelling Lancaster R5868 S-Sugar
Shows the front of Lancaster R5868 S-Sugar and inboard engines with bomb doors open. Letter 'S' on the nose, eight full rows of operations symbols, and the quote attributed to Hermann Goering 'No enemy plane will fly over the Reich territory'. One…